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Anal cancer

This recommendation has been archived and is no longer regularly reviewed by the UK NSC.

The anus is the opening of the bowel, and is controlled by a ring of muscle that opens and closes to control bowel movements. Cancer of the anus is rare. Less than 800 people are diagnosed with this type of cancer each year in the UK. As with most cancers the cause of anal cancer is unknown. It is slightly more common in women than men.

Read more about anal cancer on the NHS website.

This condition has been archived because anal cancer is overwhelmingly confined in high risk groups . As such the population of interest is outside the remit of the UK NSC.

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